LARA MENDEZ
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Form Follows Infection

University of Southern California, School of Architecture

Summer 2020

A collaborative competition entry for USC School of Architecture’s “Spaced Out: Re-Designing our New Community” alongside Alexa Blanchet and Amanda Moore

[Student’s Choice Award, Dean’s Fabrication Award]

The project involved re-thinking and re-designing our school in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to enrich our learning environment. Our feasible design aimed at planning for the current times and the near future. We adapted six existing spaces alongside a seventh virtual space to provide a hybrid blend in a dynamic platform further emphasizing equity and implementing design synergy, wellness, flexibility, and material innovation.

Link to Publication: https://arch.usc.edu/news/spaced-out-competition-winners-propose-pandemic-driven-school-modifications

Form Follows Infection

Summer 2020 | University of Southern California | Spaced-Out: Designing our New Community Competition

project overview

Collaborative work with a team of three. The project involved re-thinking and re-designing our school in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to enrich our learning environment. Our feasible design aimed at planning for the current times and the near future. We adapted six existing spaces and a seventh virtual space to provide a hybrid blend in a dynamic platform further emphasizing equity and implementing design synergy, wellness and flexibility.

 The Six Spaces

Additional Elements

Competition Entry